Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-08-11
Remember the United Brethren Reunion
at Mont Alto, on Thursday, September 9th.

at Mont Alto. on Thursday, September 9th
TIN WEDD1NG.-On Tuesday evening last
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. p. Beatty invited cir
Gle of friends the occasion being the celebra'
ton of the tenth anniversary Of their mar
rage. A number of useful and appropriate
presents came with the guests. Refresh
ments found their way to the guests on tin
service. 1t was charming little sociable.
The Lutheran Sunday School of this place
will make their Seventh Annual Excursion
to Pen Mar, Thursday, Aug. 18th. Trains
will stop at all stations from. Union Bridge
10 Sabillasville. The train will leave Me-
chancstOwn at oil q. NJ, returning leave
Pen Mar at $50 p. m. A cordial invitation
is extended to all friends of Sabbath Schools
to unite with us in this excursion.
Rum0rs are aflOat that the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad proposes building branch
road from Mt. Airy, this county, to Gettys-
burg, Pa, and An official of the road is report.
cd to have said the building of the line might,
not be far of. Several months ago 1t was
said that the Baltimore & Ohio proposed 10
build road from the Relay to Westminster,
thence up into Pennsylvania. 1t is likely
that neither branch will be undertaken for
some tilne.-Aduocdte.
TEACHERS ExAMINATloN.-School exam
liner F. r. Neighbors, assisted by the prcsi.
dent OF the board of school commissioners,
Mr.. Samuel Dutrow, held the examination
of colored teachers at the Court House.
There were twenty-five applicants in atten'
dance, all of whom have proved themselves
very proficient in their studies.
THE PENALTY-It is In order now that
the attention of parents be called to most
reprehensible habit INDUCED in BY many
children, that of carrying matches.
We see boys from six to twelve years old
lighting matches, some of them smoking
cigarettes, others simply playing with them.
Parents should examine regularly the con.
tents of the small boys pockets and admin.
lister correctives when matches were found.
The fire on Monday last should furnish
the incentive and parents cannot justify
themselves in any rcmissness in this direc.
ton. Henry Foreman's barn 10 burned, but
the escape of his son Willie, narrow as it
assuredlv was, will certainly move parents
TO do their full duty in this matter.
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SwINDLRD BY SHARPs.-Abram Shriner,
a well-to. do farmer living near Copperville,
this county, was the victim Of a confidence
game on Tuesday, end is now minus $3.50.
Two young men met HIM at Linwood camp
and represented themselves as sons of friends
of Mr. Shriner, and pretended to desire to
buy farm and made an engagement for Mr..
Shriner 70 show them around his neighbor-
hood on Tuesday.
On Tuesday the young men appeared, and
under the pretense Of appointing Mr.. Shriner
agent for college told him it was necessary
to show mp 81 900. Mr. Shrines said he had
but $3.50, aud went to Taneytown and drew
it, the swindlers promising to lend him the
balance. The young men took the money
and left, promising to return on Wednesday,
but did not appear. Two men answering
the description of the swindlers were at the
Hotel Albion, Westminster, but left on Tues
day night. Mr. Shriner was in Union Bridge
Wednesday inqu,rlng after the young men,
Carroll Neps.
RELIGIOUS The harvest home service In
in Creagerstown last Sunday week was
we'll attended. The pastor preached on the
parable of the Sowet."
Harvest home services were also held in |
Trinity Church last Sunday morning. The
church was appropriately decorated with |
the fruits and flowers of the season. The |
pastor preached on "The Help of the Earth |
to the Church."-Rev. 10: is.
Rev. A. b. Stoncr will preach his Harvest
sermon in the Rocky Ridge church next
Sunday at 10 a. m.
The Sunday School of the Apples church
will hold nic-nic in Blacks
woods, Saturday, August 9th.
There will be services at the Lutheran
church Of this place, Sunday morning and
evening, August 18th, conducted by the Rev.
E. FELTON, of ST. Paul's Lutheran church OF
Baltimore, Md.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.-The Board of
County Commissioners, at their recent SEES
sion, appointed the following gentlemen as
Judges of election:
District No 4.-Jacob Wiles, Chas. Stew
ems and Danial 8. 10y.
District No. 5.-Joseph Byers, Dan'l Law.
renee and Elbrilge krlse.
District No. 1O-Joseph G. Fox, E. M. 2.
Buhrman and John Gall.
District No. 11'-Cornclius Ramsburg,
Joseph Long and r. G. stpll.
District No. 15-Joseph Gernand, Abed-
nego Slick and Henry A. Weller.
District No. 18.-George Shank. Ezra
Marker and Isaiah Doub.
District No. 2O-Levi Leatherman, Mar.
cellus Warrenfeltz and John II. Hill.
Our COMPLIMENTS are due, yea, overdue
The bifurcated genius that runs the Freder-